Game of being pleased
Makes you a foul guest
If you seek invitation to life
For granted.
Sushant Thapa, an eminent poet and writer from Nepal, the Himalayan country, shares his poems
Sushant Thapa (born on 26th February, 1993) is an award-winning poet from Biratnagar, Nepal who holds Master’s degree in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India. He has published five books of English poetry, namely: The Poetic Burden and Other Poems (Published in New Delhi, 2020), Abstraction and Other Poems (UK, 2021), Minutes of Merit (Kolkata, 2021), Love’s Cradle (New York, USA and Senegal, Africa, 2023) and Spontaneity: A New Name of Rhyme (New Delhi, 2023). His sixth book is ready, and about to go to the press. Sushant works as a lecturer of English in Biratnagar, Nepal. He is also the assistant editor of Himalaya Diary, an online portal published from the capital city Kathmandu of Nepal.
Pleasing Life
Guessing the game,
You move forward.
You anticipate living
But it gets different
As you reach closer.
Only one path may be
Right,
But what it leads to can
Be rough.
You appreciate the wanderings
In case you forget
That you are an admirer
Of the game.
There is a big gap
In inviting a guest
And being one,
If you are in the game
Of pleasing life
Which is only a mortal Armour.
Game of being pleased
Makes you a foul guest
If you seek invitation to life
For granted.
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